A Bit of Butter

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betty bought a bit of butterBetty returns to star in a famous but tricky tongue twister about a bit of bitter butter. This twists the brain almost as much as it does the tongue.

Betty bought a bit of butter but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter so Betty bought a better bit of butter and the batter was better

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Stories in this series.

  1. A Pale Pink Proud Peacock
  2. Betty Blue
  3. Introducing Twister
  4. A Bit of Butter
  5. Many Mincing Maidens

31 Comments

  • love u
    Posted July 29, 2008 at 5:55 pm | Permalink

    lol so funny story i like it. hahahahah

  • LisaM
    Posted July 30, 2008 at 1:23 am | Permalink

    I like this one, but Natasha says it differently than it’s worded here. Oops. :)

  • Posted August 3, 2008 at 2:13 pm | Permalink

    I like the tongue twister because I can listen to the oral.

  • Maria
    Posted August 5, 2008 at 1:24 am | Permalink

    The version I know is: “Betty bought a bit of butter for her batter, but the bit of butter made her batter bitter. So Betty bought a bit of better butter for her bitter batter and the bit of better butter made her bitter batter better!

  • Posted August 5, 2008 at 6:08 am | Permalink

    Hi Maria – thanks that’s even more complicated

    LisaM – Well spotted, I’ve added in the missing “bit of” to the page.

  • bhaavana
    Posted August 5, 2008 at 5:52 pm | Permalink

    gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggoooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddddddd
    jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjoooooooooooooooooooobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • karim
    Posted August 13, 2008 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

    i don’t speak english but i like it

  • karim
    Posted August 13, 2008 at 5:26 pm | Permalink

    hahahahahahahahahahaha

  • karim
    Posted August 13, 2008 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

    i want to visit UK some day for discovering free english thank you our friends

  • Bailey
    Posted August 20, 2008 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

    Uuuuuu….. can you say that again but sllloooowwwwweeeerrrr. Please

  • rose
    Posted September 1, 2008 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

    Cool!

  • Posted September 27, 2008 at 9:58 pm | Permalink

    STUPIDDDDDDD I DO NOT LIKE IT

  • yanni
    Posted November 30, 2008 at 5:58 am | Permalink

    that’good!

  • jessica
    Posted December 24, 2008 at 10:34 pm | Permalink

    can someone send this storynory to another country to your friend?

  • Posted December 24, 2008 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

    hi Jessica, just email the link to your friend.

  • Trisha
    Posted January 11, 2009 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    I loved it and Jemma was really mean!

  • Aligun
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

    It is nice like the other stories.I like Them.THANK YOU alot

  • Gamma
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

    this tounge twister is awesome!

  • Gamma-102
    Posted March 15, 2009 at 5:45 pm | Permalink

    and hard!

  • sophie
    Posted April 26, 2009 at 10:10 am | Permalink

    cool twister how fast can you say it bertie

  • cathy
    Posted May 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

    thanks so much. your help is incredibly precious for children learning English as a foreign lauguage

  • anisah
    Posted June 6, 2009 at 3:16 pm | Permalink

    its good some think stupid but not to me olala im eeeeennnnnggliiiiish (spells english)

  • emma
    Posted June 7, 2009 at 3:51 pm | Permalink

    Wow……Betty bought a bit of butter but the bit….
    HaHaHaHa
    VERY NICE
    Thanx

  • Anonymous
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 11:35 pm | Permalink

    HEY LIKE THIS ONE

  • RAPHAEL
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 11:37 pm | Permalink

    orsummmmmmmm love this one dude

  • Gamma
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 2:54 am | Permalink

    Try saying toyboat 5 times fast hehe

  • Posted November 18, 2009 at 7:07 am | Permalink

    HI Gamma thanks for the twister – that’s a tricky one.

  • Dr.J
    Posted December 8, 2009 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    Hi Bertie,
    Here’s another interesting Tongue Twister-
    She sells seashells on the sea shore!Here 2 phonic sounds(”sh” and “Ss”) alternate,making it tricky!

  • Posted December 8, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Dr. J !

  • isabella
    Posted January 10, 2010 at 7:54 pm | Permalink

    This is a great tongue twister. I can do it super fast!!!

  • Anonymous
    Posted January 15, 2010 at 2:10 am | Permalink

    Actually I can`t imaging seeing them freely . . :(

    I hope so one day . .

    Thanx anyway . .

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